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Hello everyone

Need some info/directions with regards to my family's conversion from pre settled status to settled.
I am a qualifying British citizen living with my family who are all on pre settled visa. My family started living in UK in November 2020 and got their pre settled status in March 2021. My kids who are 24, 22 and 20 years old. The questions that I need help with are:

The 24 and 22 years old are working and no longer dependent on me. The 22 years old still dependent on me. What options they have once their 5 years has completed this November. Can they apply for settled status?
Secondly, the 24 years old has got married. Will that be an issue? (His spouse is not here in the UK).

Your contribution will be immensely appreciated.

Thanks

How did you family get their pre-settled status? Via Lounes or Surinder Singh routes? Or you are an EU citizen and they got their pre-settled statuses before you naturalised?

Hello

Thank for your reply Ixeon659. I'm a British citizen and was living in The Republic of Ireland. My family joined me there. We all came to the UK in November 2020. I applied for their pre settled visa using the paper forms. So November this year their 5 years residency will complete. All of my children were under 21 and were dependent on me. 2 of them are now over 21 and working.

Many thanks

So it seems it is a Surinder Singh case, they should be able to apply for settled status using the paper form. Call the EU Settlement resolution centre and request a paper form for all you family members.

Regarding your grown-up children, here is a quote from Appendix EU: So they all should be fine

Ixeon659 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:40 am

So it seems it is a Surinder Singh case, they should be able to apply for settled status using the paper form. Call the EU Settlement resolution centre and request a paper form for all you family members.

Regarding your grown-up children, here is a quote from Appendix EU:

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“Where a person has already been granted pre-settled status as a dependent parent or dependent child, they do not need to demonstrate that they remain dependent in order to qualify for settled status under Appendix EU.”

So they all should be fine

Really appreciated your quick response Ixeon659.
I know I should have asked this in my previous post, my eldest son also got married. Will that be an issue? Because I think he has to mention whether he is married or not in the paper application form when he apply for settled status.

Many thanks

I think it doesn't matter, the EU settlement scheme is designed in a such way, where you should always reach the final stage — Settled status. Once someone has pre-settled, they will switch to Settled eventually, unless they didn't break continuous residence + if they meet some other criterias in some specific cases (i.e Lounes case or those holding pre-settled status who are dependent on someone who died or divorced with them).
EU settlement scheme is very relaxed compared to the British immigration visa system. If your adult children were on non-EU route, they would have hard times now

Ixeon659 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 18, 2025 3:24 am

I think it doesn't matter, the EU settlement scheme is designed in a such way, where you should always reach the final stage — Settled status. Once someone has pre-settled, they will switch to Settled eventually, unless they didn't break continuous residence + if they meet some other criterias in some specific cases (i.e Lounes case or those holding pre-settled status who are dependent on someone who died or divorced with them).
EU settlement scheme is very relaxed compared to the British immigration visa system. If your adult children were on non-EU route, they would have hard times now

Really appreciated your input. Thanks a lot.